When Murphy Clocked His Lap Of The Gods
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2012
- Awesome Bathurst Moment #13 is the day in 2003 Kiwi Greg Murphy took pole in record time ...
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This is like those fake stories that end “and then everyone stood up and applauded”, except it’s real
I've both ridden a fast bike (many years ago that one, before they started watching that road like hawks and did go fairly hard on it) and driven around it at legal speed. Coming DOWN off the mountain down through those twisty steep parts that just looks quick on tv has nothing on even at legal speed, you can try and imagine whipping though there and down that part you can't even imagine how they go so fast through there, it's a bit mind blowing actually driving that section at the speeds these guys go looks like it would be terrifying. All I know is, that particular section is a lot steeper downhill than it looks on tv and I'm blown away that these guys can rip through there at the speeds they do. Sparks you see aren't from the cars, it's these guys huge iron balls bouncing off the track.
The standing ovation from the competitors is what motorsport should be about, a love of cars and speed, not sponsors and technicalities
Same thing happened when Dale Earnhardt won his first 500 race, ever crew came out on pit lane and congratulated him
@@TheJamesDyl that was something to behold!!
That smile from John as he watches his time get smashed is one of my favorite things. Good blokes.
The sport wouldn't exist if there weren't those very same sponsors and technicalities.
@@tbear Now it does but it didnt. Sponsors only come to something after it took off back in the day.
I dont think the car can be pushed any harder then this on that lap. Fook sake, this guy is faster then his own car.
Absolute unit.
There is a 2.03 time right now i think
@@kybern yeah but no one has qualified 1.1 secs faster than the field have they
Mr Fishy with V8 Supercars not , but with Super Touring was in ‘98 when Rickard Rydell outqualifed P2 by 1.48 secs in Mount Panorama
@@kybern Yeah, more than a decade later, with a car that is far superior... Don't get me wrong, McLaughlin wrung every last bit out of his car for that 2.03, but that in no way takes away from Murphy's drive. He pushed that car way past what it should have been able to do, absolutely thrashed that track!
When machine and his driver as one entity
That lap is closest thing to driving perfection and to outqualify someone with 1.1 second is just crazy.H-pattern gearbox makes it that more impressive.
Got shivers from this lap.Absolute on the limit driving.
H PATTERN!? WTF
@@Toxic2T Um,back in those times,they still used H-pattern dogboxes.Later they transferred to sequential.
@@hillclimbracingfan5821 insane
@@Toxic2T Indeed.
Senna. Monaco quali.
Amazing to think 12 years later this is still an incredibly fast lap
thats only because of a full resurface of the track and faster tyres, if not for those then this would still be the fastest lap outside of practice sessions. I miss these years.
Pfff the porshe 919 evo's got this in the bag
@@thomasevanko8434 you really want to compare the 919 evo to a 16 year old V8 Supercar?
@@CrunchiBox absolutely! If it can't compete with the 919 evo. It's barely even a car!
@@kukuc96 Yeah... I was being sarcastic. I tried to make it as obvious as possible, but I must just suck at sarcasm
miss seeing the flames come out of the exhaust
Stephen Catsoulis they still spit flames but the flame isn't viable
We don’t see them now due to e85 but if you watch the night races they’re there
@jonny j i think he meant visable
GTE, DTM, F2, GT3 cars still spit
@jonny j you dont have to be so rude
As an American seeing this for the first time, I can safely say that this is indeed the greatest lap I have ever seen in Motorsports.
Same. Bathurst is SO hard and punishing.
What does being American have to do with your comment?
@@emmanuel7690 Americans have pretty much had zero exposure to Supercars our whole lives. Was just emphasizing my complete lack of knowledge about the sport at the time.
@@ryanmorrison3699 Fair play. As an F1 groupie I can understand that. It's been tough trying to penetrate the American market.
@@emmanuel7690 They need to come back to COTA for another Austin 400 or something like that. I’d buy tickets to that in a heartbeat.
Despite watching this for the umpteenth time, I am still in awe.
Even more incredible fact - a couple of months later, Murph was on Leighton Smith radio show here in Auckland, and was taking callers.
I rang and congratulated him, and asked about the reports he had grabbed the wrong gear.
He replied, into The Dipper, he went for third, grabbed first, and revved the engine to 9200 rpm on the overrun. Note, the engines are limited to 7500rpm, but, can be overreved on downshifts.
I asked if they were worried about engine damage, he said, they checked the valvetrain, and all was well.
It therefore makes it even more incredible that they won The Great Race the next day.
imagine the time if he had've grabbed the right gear
Not every day you see the pits empty of staff from all teams to go out applaud a great lap regardless of category.. Everyone knew that was something special.
Reminds me of when Dale Earnhardt Sr. finally won the Daytona 500 in ‘98 after 20 years of losing the race in every practical way possible short of disqualification (and dying, but that happened 3 years later)
2:53 - "You f***ing beauty!!!"
I want that accent
Hahaha he loved it
@Fizzle Chest it's nice and cool though. No need to sweat.
@@stormtracker189 if you can drink 50 vbs in one night then you will be eligible to attain that accent
"Look out there. Out there is the perfect lap. No mistakes. Every gear change, every corner. Perfect. You see it?"
This is what every race driver lives for. The Perfect Lap.
He admits he messed up a gear change and over revved the engine by a lot! Makes it more special in my books - especially that they went on to win the next day.
A reference to the Ford vs Ferrari movie?
just watched scott mclaughlins 2.03.831 in a bloody spacecraft compared to this holden , murphs time is incredible
Thanks for this. The 2:06 was great, but that 2:03 was insane.
The machine difference is one thing but Murphs time is even more impressive when you consider the gap to John Bowe. It's a monster.
The 2:03 lap by Scotty was almost perfect, but the lap of the gods from Murphy is untouchable. Never again will a 1+ second pole victory be a thing.
All true, but you really gotta watch that 2:03. It's brutal as hell and God damn beautiful!
Both laps are absolutely amazing to watch.
Still gives a shiver to watch this nearly 13 years later...
13 years today
Goosebumps yo!! Brought a tear of joy ;)
15 years today
David Brand absolutely mate. I’ve watched this 20 times over the years and I still get the goosebumps too hey. Awesome moment in Aussie Motorsport and for the Murph
@@jackbollingmoore7554 16 and a half year later
Watching this lap live on TV as an 8 year old was enough to cement my love of this sport
I remember this as a five year old, forever holden !
Sdvfiu Ladjksnl Me as I was one I hear my dad "MURPHY YOU FUCKING LEGEND"
you ever try sim racing??!
@@tremolony4924 for the cost of Sim racing you can actually race
Corey Black yeh i dont have a wheel i just play pc2 on controller but its still hella fun
The car looks so settled, purposed and focused, no wasted motion. A beautiful thing.
Makes ya feel sad for all that happened to Holden. That lap was the Aussie Commodore in its prime.
Even sadder watching this lap again this weekend, (3rd December 2022).
RIP Holden. Even as a True Blue Ford fan, I’ve gotta say, you’ll be sadly missed.
@@frazerguest2864 ford oz is also dead too
@bus5683
Yeah ford Australia might be gone. But at least we can still get Fords in general. They may not be Aussie fords but they’ve still got the blue oval.
Holden’s completely dead. And GM isn’t even really a thing in Aussie land. Not unless you fork out a fortune to special order stuff from the states.
Extrordinary, Even as a Ford fan all I could do is sit back and admire that...Well done Greg
knight099159 Yes I think John Bowe, even though he had been pipped from #1, was smiling and shaking his head knowing what he was witnessing was going to become another chapter in the history of Bathurst.
I wish they would have had a talk to john bowe so we could here his thoughts on the lap by greg murphy
Agreed. Ford all the way and I was a massive Bowe fan.... but that lap was just absolutely insane. Surely even Ambrose had to have been impressed...
The greatest moment in Bathurst History. It still is today.
Lowndes winning the first Peter Brock trophy.
Bartman954 that was a special moment that even brought me to tears.
The greatest moment in Bathurst history is Johnson hitting the rock. Without that rock we might not have had DJR or Team Penske which would also mean no Andretti... pretty important rock.
1990 Percy/Grice in the already old VL
Brocky
Sitting here in 2020 and im still like "OOOOOOOOOoooohh" O.O
same
It's 2021 and I still find myself coming back to watch this lap, the other teams coming out on pit row were just the icing on the cake for what has become a legendary lap of Bathurst.
Along with Peter Brock, Greg Murphy has been one of my motor racing heroes for a long time and I have heard he is going back to Bathurst this year.
I might just have to watch it again.
I absolutely love that everyone came from their Pit and went to applaud him. True sportsmanship
ive watched this a thousand times and still get excited
Because it's an awesome lap, H Shifted V8 Supercar and a 2:06.89? Jesus that is quick
CZcams recommendations on point for this video.
Hell yeah. Never seen someone drive one of these like that, holy shit.
The moment where he's cruising down pit lane receiving a standing ovation from every team is why I love this sport and love this race. I'm a huge Formula 1 fan but you'd never see that level of respect. This is incredible and is a credit to V8 Supercars. What a sport!
He was blasting that machine, sort of expected the pavement to start folding behind him like the old road runner cartoons
To think that he missed a gear on this lap at the top of the mountain too. I come back to watch this lap every year at least if not more. Every time I hear the "Look at the split!!" my adrenaline starts going and I get all excited. Really is one of those supreme laps in all of motorsport, on par with Senna's Monaco '88 quali lap if you ask me.
That car as Murphy said was a “jet” but Murphy was on fire that day. It was incredible to watch live. I just shook my head in amazement that day.
Best lap ever around the mountain period!
Times set in practice do not compare when teams have lap after lap to dial the car in and get everything spot on then send the car out on good tyres and a low fuel load.
I still get goose bumps watching this and one can only ponder what the time would have been had he not miss-shifted coming down the mountain.
What time was the miss shift at?
@@spamcan9208 Roughly 1:48
im thinking that shift cost him +0.25
This is why I love Aussie racing in general, where else can you see an entire field of competitors step away from competition for a minute to appreciate what was and still is an incredible effort by Murphy to break into the 2.06 mark when it was deemed impossible with the regulations at the time. His door open wasn't about celebrating the pole, but in receiving the praise of the people applauding him, as he should. It was a champion effort and one of those "whoa" moments.
im a ford guy but when someone asks "memorable bathurst moment" its this,the day he did it it was just "fuuuck!"
Even as a Holden fan he probably could have done that lap in a ugo.
Wow can’t believe 2003 was 20 years ago! And even for 20 years this is such an incredibly quick and fast time, return to this lap every now and then and it still shocks my rocks and probably will forever.
I just "teared up" , not because I'm a HOLDEN tragic , but because this was an awesome vehicle driven by an incredible competitor in probably the best period of Australian motor racing . Thank you Murph !
I can't say how many times I've watched this. I still get goosebumps seeing Murph drive so fast and smoothly with an H-patten gearbox. It can never really be repeated as technology have moved on. A great sporting moment by any measure. It has immortalised the man, the car and the mountain.
In 2023, we're gonna look back at this lap and go...
Wow, this happened 20 years ago
You were right m8
Wow, this happened 20 years ago
WOW! This happened 20 years ago!
I remember watching this live with my heart in my Mouth (because I'm a Kiwi and a big Murph fan) fantastic lap and commitment
I know this lap time has been surpassed….but the hairs on the back of my neck still raise when I see this footage. Thanks GM & thanks Holden for the nostalgia 👍👍
They had to resurface the track to do better
That look by John Bowe says it all..."good Lord, what am I watching?"
@Tone. I wouldn't care because that is indeed awesome lap.
I've grown up with Supercars my dad introducing me to it when I was very young, Mark Skaife has been my favourite since before I can remember, my dad went up to the 2006 1000 (He wasn't going to go but he went to celerbrate Brocky) and he brought back a track guide, I still remember finding Mark Skaifes page because he was my favourite, we had a watch party for the 2010 Sydney 500, about 30 people yelling out loud all Holden nuts and 8 year old me knew this is what I loved. I keep coming back to this video to hype me up for my league races. Thank you Supercars for making my childhood, I've only just turned 18 and will soon buy myself a holden, my dad was a Holden man and was until he died, and I've been a Holdn man for 18 years. This is the greatest motorsport in the world, on the greatest track in the world.
Haha, I got a similar story mate. Grew up watching Skaife and Richards thrashing the Skylines around Bathurst as a kid, Watched Fury in The Bluebird on the mountain still in nappies..... Still got the great memories...... And now a collection of Nissan's.
I also have a friend who's likewise crazy for Holden and he grew up watching the mighty 05 fly around, now he's got a VK commie and a VF Storm.
I no doubt these tails are shared by thousands out there who this seemingly simple passion can be such an affliction.
I’ve probably watched this at least 200 times. Epic. Every. Single. Time.
Goosebumps every time I watch that
To put into perspective just how good this lap was, it was common knowledge amongst everyone in the garage that a sub 2:07 lap was impossible with those cars. It was a stretch for drivers, Murphy included, to turn a lap faster than 2:08. If you managed to do that then everyone in the garage knew you had one of the fastest cars that weekend. For Murphy to go out there and turn a lap 1.1 seconds faster than anyone else had all weekend was not just a miracle, not just 1 in a million, not even super human. It was Godly.
Well said 👍
The Commodore spitting flames towards the final stretch was so epic
I’m not quite sure why this came up in my feed, but I’m so glad I found it. The car control on display here is something more than human.
One of my favorite tracks to watch races on and play on video games.
A lot of people ridicule Murf these days for this an that, But no one can take this away from the man. Well done son.
As a lifelong Ford fan, I'm not at all ashamed to admit that this was one of the most magical of Bathurst moments. Right up there with Moffat / Bond in the XC's in 1977, DJ throwing his EA off the circuit at Forest Elbow during qualifying 1984 and still making the race, or Larry Perkins last to first victory with Ingall in 1995.
I had already been in the US for 9 years when he ran this lap. I had completely lost track with more or less everything going on down under other than the Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup and remember calling my brother only an hour or so after he and his gearhead mates had seen this. That was all he could talk about.
I never tire of watching this clip - one of the most incredible laps in any form of motorsport.
Sends shivers down my spine every time
I never get tired of watching this - goosebumps every time Crompton yells "he's up"!
He nailed that to the floor 🤜💥🤛
Still watching this in 2020!! Murph owned the mountain that day❤️
Just had to watch this again.
Fuck ! What a driver !!.
Now that's how you do a lap at bathurst my friends !
That car was so beautifully balanced. TWD crew did an amazing job setting it up. Tom would have been so proud that day !
V8 Supercars, this takes me back.
Also taking me back is when I used to race Bathurst on my console.
What an amazing lap, that car looks so good going so flawlessly fast through those corners!
This lap changed Bathurst forever! Such an amazing bit of driving,from a childhood hero.i remember it live and have to watch it before every Bathurst. Or just for motivation! The pride from being a fellow kiwi goes through the roof!
This video brought tears to my eyes. It's so special to see literally everyone come together to applaud this gentleman who just created an astonishing performance. There are no words that are fitting to have this kind of moment in one's career. Cheers, Greg Murphy and the team!!!!
Awesome! LOVE this track. And very cool seeing all teams celebrating his record time. Cheers from Tampa Bay.
Don't think I've ever seen something as epic as this in any motorsport
Still gives me tingles watching this. Great lap!
Favorite driver. Too young to remember watching it but I bet I was there staring at the TV with my dad. Holden for life.
Holden 4 Life🤘🤘🇳🇿🇳🇿🍺🍺
"You Fucking Beauty" 2:52
Amazing to see all the teams come out to applaud that godly run.
3:07 YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Murphy!!!!
i watch this video of Murphy extracting every bit of performance of his car before every exam I have
Kyle Gordon o
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So much emotion from Greg Murphy. Always wears the heart on the sleeve. Would love to meet him one day.
When other teams come out to congratulate. Amazing
I was raised on mostly Indy, some NASCAR & a bit of F1. Even so, that was epic driving. Nice camera work, btw...
Always loved that livery.
Lowkey the most underrated motorsport championship. Love the cars, commentators and all the tracks!
You blew my mind that day murph.
Still one of the cleanest laps of the mountain. Thanks Murph, what a champion.
And with that lap he immortalized the K-Mart Commodore. Legendary
Sad to think that neither K-Mart nor a Commodore exist today
@@derb_ Kmart still exists in Australia
I love how this comes up in my feed routinely over the years. Remember when everyone used to watch Bathurst... miss those Sundays.
That's an incredible lap. The precision of driving is astonishing.
Still the best shootout lap and best lap overall in my opinion. To do that with an H pattern gearbox was epic. That car was on rails, setup perfectly by an outstanding team.
Its 2023 and 20yrs on and this lap is still One of the Greatest Laps of all Time .
Stunning lap. From a great driver.
That was the definition of a perfect lap. What a drive, the car looked like it was on rails.
Amazing Murphy 🙌🙏 an the respect from the other teams WOW!!!! Never ever seen that before in any motor sport
I’m an American but I absolutely love this series. Big flame spitting V8s, shit man we feel that love lol. Incredible lap
THIS.NEVER.GETS.OLD... still as incredible as the day it happened
Eeehhh, buenas, aún no ha llegado nadie del canal de BillyCheroke?? 🤷🏻♂️
@AlejandroBruh creo que sólo estamos tú y yo.
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Nearly 20 old and still a great moment.
great sounds and scenes when V8 supercars were Aussie creations.
This is one of my favorite videos on youtube. This is what racing is all about
Absolute perfection
One of the absolute best things about this series is that V8 sound. Hearing them climb up the revs and then bang down the gears from high speeds is just (excuse the corniness) “eargasmic”.
Still sends chills in 2020
I’ve watched this video 2 million times and it never looses any awesomeness, best moment in Supercars history period
The guy just Nailed it...
@2:04 the fact that JB's previously "amazing" lap is about to get smashed and he is grinning about it really does show how classy the guy is.
Heartfelt, people that day loved this guy.
Video of Greg's car at a show I went to - czcams.com/video/GRplp2egs-w/video.html
What an absolute rocket lap!!! Amazing driving 👏👏👏
That's what u call in the zone!!
I'm a Ford guy and I still tear up when I see this!
ABSOLUTELY AWSOME and I watch it two times a week on average and quite often still gives me shivers on the back of my neck!!
Him and that holden was possessed!!!! 💪🏾
Still gives me chills